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Brigantine and Mott’s Creek – January 29, 2023

Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Bert Hixon, Barry Hershfeld

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Edwin B. Forsythe NWR: Wildlife Drive – 1:43pm

Overcast, windy with short, light shower.  Good looks at multiple duck species. Distant look at Tundra Swans

33 species

Species Count
Snow Goose 2500
Canada Goose 18
Mute Swan 2
Tundra Swan 11
Northern Shoveler 58
Gadwall 35
American Wigeon 12
Mallard 36
American Black Duck 180
Northern Pintail 125
Green-winged Teal 2
Greater Scaup 30
Bufflehead 55
Common Goldeneye 1
Hooded Merganser 5
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 30
Dunlin 800
Greater Yellowlegs 9
Ring-billed Gull 152
Herring Gull 250
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Great Blue Heron 8
Great Egret 2
Northern Harrier 4
Bald Eagle 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Crow 1
American Robin 12
Savannah Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6

 

Edwin B. Forsythe NWR: Mott’s Creek – 1:43pm

Quiet, but able to find one Short-eared Owl and a couple of Northern Harriers.  Also, a Pied-billed Grebe.

6 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Northern Harrier 2
Short-eared Owl 1